[GNC] Import bug? no account matching options
Grant
emailgrant at gmail.com
Thu Sep 26 16:41:47 EDT 2019
> > > I'm trying to import transactions I've downloaded from Chase in a QIF
> > > file but when I'm importing Gnucash doesn't give me any options to
> > > match them to an account (zero accounts in the list) and the button to
> > > change the matched account is grayed out. This is happening with 2
> > > separate Chase accounts and I am able to import transactions from
> > > another bank just fine. What could be causing this?
> >
> > Lack of L lines in the transactions?
>
>
> I just figured it out. Chase uses a blank line instead of a line
> containing only the "^" character to separate transactions. I'm using
> this to strip the top blank line:
>
> sed -i '/./,$!d' file.qif
>
> and then this to replace all blank lines with the "^" character:
>
> sed -i 's/^[[:blank:]]*$/^/' file.qif
>
> That seems to work. Surely the Chase files are out of spec but is
> this something Gnucash could work around? If so I'll file a bug.
Here's what the problem/bug looks like:
https://imgur.com/a/vPZOdD2
The import dialog skips the "Set a date format for this QIF file" and
the "Set the default QIF account name" sections.
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